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I decided to grab a copy of You Only Die Twice by Christopher Smith to introduce myself to this month’s Author of the Month. The reason I chose this one? The synopsis sounded incredibly addictive and intriguing:

In her past, Cheryl Dunning died once. A violent act killed her, but heroics brought her back. Now, if she can’t save herself from two serial killers hunting her in the Maine woods, she’s about to die again, this time from two men armed with a Bible, guns, a deep belief in God, and their twisted interpretation of his word.

Fueled by their righteous fury, they are determined to find Cheryl and murder her for what they perceive as her “life’s worth of sins.” What they don’t know is what Cheryl knows. She’s a Maine girl, born and raised–and she knows how to use these woods in ways that might, if she’s lucky, turn them against each man.

From the #1 international best-selling author of many thrillers, including “Fifth Avenue,” “You Only Die Twice” is a blistering page-turner first, and a comment on Biblical interpretation second. It’s Christopher Smith’s most controversial and gripping novel to date.

*Warning: “You Only Die Twice” is not for the faint of heart. This is a story of madness and the fight for survival, and it depicts realistic adult situations without hesitation.

Honestly, there is not one sentence in that description that does not beg me to read the book. Needless to say, I did not hesitate in grabbing a copy for my Kindle and I am about 16% into the story. It has grabbed me from the beginning and is very difficult to put down. Here is a taste of the first couple of sentences of the story:

At first, all she was aware of was a cold wetness against her cheek and explosions of light along the periphery of her vision. She could hear someone talking to her – a man – but she couldn’t understand what he was saying.